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1 -Usecase: Health sensors (Firefighters)
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1 -=== **Health Sensor – Firefighting** ===
1 +=== **Health and environmental monitoring – Firefighting** ===
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3 -|=**Objective**|=Use health sensors to monitor firefighter vitals during operations, improving responder safety and enabling command decisions.
3 +|=**Objective**|=(((
4 +[[OB03: Improve first responder health through monitoring of physical and mental state >>2\. Specification.Objectives.OB03\: Improve health through monitoring of physical and mental state .WebHome]]
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6 +[[OB04: Improve safety by providing overviews and warnings of environment conditions>>2\. Specification.Objectives.OB04\: Improve safety by providing overviews and warnings of environment conditions.WebHome]]
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4 4  |**TDP**|TDP3, TDP6, TDP7
5 5  |**IDP**|IDP2, IDP4
6 6  |**Actors**|Firefighter, Squad Leader, Medic, Safety Officer
7 7  |**Pre-Condition**|Wearables are active and connected before firefighters enter the danger zone.
8 8  |**Post-Condition**|Health alerts handled; intervention performed if needed.
13 +|**Status**|Validated during and refined after CFT 1, CFT 2, CFT 3
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18 +=== (% style="font-weight:normal" %)**Action Sequence**(%%) ===
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14 -=== **Action Sequence** ===
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21 +1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Equipment Check and Deployment**(%%)
22 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighters quickly put on wearable sensors when mission is confirmed(%%)
23 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Safety officer confirms connectivity before entry.(%%)(((
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26 +1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Live Monitoring in Action**(%%)
27 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Vitals (e.g. heart rate, CO exposure) are tracked during fire suppression.(%%)
28 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Firefighters receive vibration or LED warnings if thresholds exceeded, but can turn these off when needed(%%)
29 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Alerts escalate automatically for predefined danger levels.(%%)(((
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32 +1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Remote Oversight and Alerts**(%%)
33 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Safety officer monitors dashboard for all team vitals with simple colour indicators(%%)
34 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Critical alerts are sent to squad leader.(%%)
35 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Local health services prepare for immediate support if triggered. In case of a false alarm squad lead is able to cancel it.(%%)(((
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38 +1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Intervention and Team Adjustment**(%%)
39 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. Firefighter is pulled out by team if condition worsens.(%%)
40 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)b. Medic assesses and logs health data.(%%)
41 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)c. Squad leader adjusts team composition or rest timing.(%%)(((
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44 +1. (% lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt" %)**Post-Incident Reporting**(%%)
45 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) (% lang="EN-US" %)a. System logs are exported for incident review.(%%)
46 +(% style="font-size:10.5pt" %) b. Health data supports tactical evaluation and accountability.(%%)(((
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16 -1. **Equipment Check and Deployment**
17 - a. Firefighters receive wearable sensors at briefing.
18 - b. Devices are synced to central system and tested.
19 - c. Safety officer confirms connectivity before entry.
20 -1. **Live Monitoring in Action**
21 - a. Vitals (e.g. heart rate, CO exposure) are tracked during fire suppression.
22 - b. Firefighters receive vibration or LED warnings if thresholds exceeded.
23 - c. Alerts escalate automatically for predefined danger levels.
24 -1. **Remote Oversight and Alerts**
25 - a. Safety officer monitors dashboard for all team vitals.
26 - b. Critical alerts are sent to squad leader.
27 - c. Medic prepares for immediate support if triggered.
28 -1. **Intervention and Team Adjustment**
29 - a. Firefighter is pulled out if condition worsens.
30 - b. Medic assesses and logs health data.
31 - c. Squad leader adjusts team composition or rest timing.
32 -1. **Post-Incident Reporting**
33 - a. System logs are exported for incident review.
34 - b. Health data supports tactical evaluation and accountability.
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38 38  |=**Claims (title)**|=**Function**|=**Effect(s)**|=**Action Sequence Step(s)**
39 -|CL1 Heightened safety for responders|Health tracking, Alert escalation|Prevents unnoticed overexertion or gas exposure|2a, 2c, 3a
40 -|CL2 SA for own condition|Wearable alerts|Responders recognize and act on stress|2b
41 -|CL3 SA for command|Live dashboard, Auto-alerts|Command can intervene based on data|3a, 3b
42 -|CL4 Operational effectiveness|Medical input, Tactical decisions|Supports better crew deployment and rotation|4c, 5b
53 +|**CL1 Decreased physical workload for responders**|Health tracking, wearable alert|(((
54 +Reduces physical workload by alerting and preventing overexertion
55 +→ Measure with responder stress/effort logs or HR trends.
56 +)))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
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58 +**CL2 Improve safety for responders **
59 +)))|Monitoring and alerting of toxic gasses
60 +**Note**: is this an envisioned functionality?|(((
61 +Improves safety by reducing (toxic) gas exposure
62 +→ Measure with FR time near toxic gasses, or with near incident analysis.
63 +)))|2a, 2b, 2c, 3a
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65 +**CL3 Improve safety via remote escalation**
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68 +)))|Safety officer monitors team vitals|(((
69 +Improves safety by ensuring safety officers can intervene remotely based on live vitals.
70 +→ measured as above
71 +)))|3a, 3b
72 +|**CL4 Decrease physical workload for responders**|Safety officer monitors team vitals|Safety officer decreases physical workload by double checking FR status
73 +→ measured as above|3a
74 +|**CL5 Improve medical decision-making**|Medical triage supported by sensor data|(((
75 +Increases effectiveness and efficiency through informed medical response and appropriate treatment via vitals history.
76 +→ measure with time for FR treatment and FR time-to-recovery.
77 +)))|4a, 4b
78 +|**CL6 Improved SA on personnel status for team lead (and command)**|Alert escalation, Live dashboard, Auto-alerts|Command has improved SA on health status of personnel
79 +→ Measure with NASA TLX ?|3a, 3b, 4a
80 +|**CL7 Support continuous learning with health data for after action review**|Health data over time of all first responders is exported (and replayable?) after mission|Lessons learned can be identified and incorporated incorporated effectively
81 +→ Measure with incorporation in debriefing and training protocols using questionnaire / interview?|5a, 5b
82 +|**CL8 Improve mission performance**|Combination of all functions|Task is completed quicker and with better results due to more efficient use of personnel
83 +→ Measure with task time, number of extractions avoided, or successful rescues.|all steps
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